The Republican Party is in the middle of committing suicide.
At a time when the Republicans SHOULD sweep the 2016 General Elections, and keep their majority on BOTH the House and the Senate, AND WIN the Presidency, they are on the cusp of losing the Senate, and the Presidency, and ONCE AGAIN being relegated to a Party of no worth.
The "civil war" going on in the Republican Party (as is evidenced even here on CC) will assure that the American Socialist Party will gain even more power/influence in 2016.
IF they DO NOT get it together, the Republican Party (by 2020) will be a permanent "Minority Party" with no hope of ever gaining control of Congress or the White House for years/decades to come.
They have ONLY THEMSELVES to blame.